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Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory.

Weekdays at 10:30 a.m. CST/11:30 a.m. EST, Newsfeed Now will be streaming the top stories in the U.S. utilizing our newsrooms across the country.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to establish a National Garden of American Heroes, announcing the full list of those who will be included in the statuary garden.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — known as the Notorious RBG to her many admirers — was one of the many noteworthy figures who died in 2020.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) suggests quarantine periods can be shorter than 14 days for someone exposed to COVID-19, said CDC’s COVID-19 Incident Manager Dr. Henry Walke during a telebriefing on Wednesday, December 2.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Will Rogers threw for 226 yards and a touchdown, and Mississippi State’s defense combined for five turnovers to narrowly eke out a 24-17 victory over visiting Vanderbilt on Saturday. Mississippi State (2-4, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) finally won its first home game under first-year coach Mike Leach after losing their first two […]

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (WATE) – General Neyland’s first maxim reads the team with the fewest mistakes wins and on Saturday night that was the Vols as Tennessee extended their win streak to seven, defeating South Carolina 31-27. Jarrett Guarantano went 19-for-31 passing for 259 yards and one touchdown, connecting with eight receivers throughout the week […]

For all the uniqueness of this NFL draft, including the angst over a potential communications fiasco, things looked and sounded pretty normal Thursday night. Quarterbacks were in demand. Ohio State and the Southeastern Conference dominated. The Patriots traded out of the first round. And Commissioner Roger Goodell even got booed, if only digitally. “I do […]

About 400 offenders originally sentenced to life without parole as juveniles have been released nationwide, and hundreds of others have been resentenced to shorter terms or made eligible for release by law.

Several Mid-South politicians are gearing up for the August general election after scoring wins in Tuesday’s primary.

Newcomer MarShon Brooks scores 25 to lead 4 Grizzlies with 20 or more as Detroit loses at the Forum, 130-117.